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That is completely unrealistic. If I had brand new tires on a dry, straight, road. That's still something like 15-20 car lengths (~160-180) feet.
by tbirrell 9y ago
That is completely unrealistic. If I had brand new tires on a dry, straight, road. That's still something like 15-20 car lengths (~160-180) feet.
- sangnoir 9y ago> That is completely unrealistic. Why is it unrealistic, besides the fact that you're following too close behind? If your line-of-sight is shorter than your braking distance, you are driving wrong.
- undersuit 9y agoSomething more realistic then. Drive far enough behind the vehicle in front of you so that you can stop before falling down the same sinkhole/broken bridge/earthquake damaged overpass they just fell into.
- randomfinn 9y agoMath seems to work out if you keep a 3 second distance to the car in front of you. Google shows two-second rule when looking for "safe following distance" - I was taught 3 seconds and it seems more reasonable assuming slightly over a second reaction time.